India, Jan. 11 -- Amid an escalating war of words between NCP leader and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Mahesh Landge during the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) election campaign, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday advised Landge to refrain from engaging with allegations and instead highlight developmental work before voters.

Fadnavis was speaking at a BJP rally in Akurdi organised as part of the PCMC poll campaign. Referring to the recent verbal sparring without naming Ajit Pawar or the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the chief minister said that such attacks intensify as elections approach.

"Some people start saying many things when elections come. But remember, our wor...